Nut-shaving machine.



M. J. MGFADDEN & C. U. HIERS.

NUT' SHAVING MAGHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 13, 1908.

Patented June 21, 1910.

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NUT SHAVING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13, 190B. 962,239 PatentedJune 21,1910.

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MICHAEL J. MOFADDEN AND CHARLES C. HIERS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

NUT-SHAVING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL J. MOFAD- DEN and CHARLES C. I-IInRs,citizens of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county ofRamsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Nut-Shaving Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in nut shaving machines, itsobject being to provide a simple, convenient and efficient machine forshaving nuts and analogous articles into thin flakes or slices suitablefor use in making ice cream and confectionery.

To that end the invention consists in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of the machine, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionthrough the shell and cutting cone on line of Fig. 1,Figs. 3 andl aresections on line ov, and ww, respectively, of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the cutting cone alone, Fig. 6 is a section throughthe cutting cone on line yy of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a side elevation of afragment of the machine showing the shape of the hopper on the feedside, and Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a fragment of the hopper withthe cutting cone removed.

In the drawings is shown a hand operated machine having a framecomprising a base 2 adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured upon awork table, an upwardly extending post or leg 3, upon which aresupported a central transversely disposed conical shell 1, and a hopper5 extending upwardly from the conical shell and communicating therewithat the bottom. All of these parts may be made in one casting although inthe drawings the front wall 6 is shown removably secured to the sidewalls of the hopper by means of bolts 7 so that it may be removed toclean the hopper.

Rotatably supported within the conical shell 4k is a hollow cutting cone8 fitting the inner side of the shell and terminating at the apex in asquared lug 9, which fits rotatably within the sleeve 10 at the apex ofthe shell. The lug and the apex end of the cone are formed with acentral square hole 11. The cutting cone 8 is drawn snugly into theouter shell by means of a headed bolt or pin 12 having a square shoulder13 which fits within the hole 11 in the lug. The pin is Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed August 13, 1908.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 448,284.

journaled in a sleeve 14 in the sleeve 10 and has a screw threadedrearwardly projecting end 15 upon which is secured the operating handle16. In order to center the cutting cone 8 more perfectly, a washer 17 isfitted over the lug 9.

The cutting cone is formed with a plu rality of slits 18 arranged at aconsiderable angle with the plane of rotation, one side of each slitbeing slightly turned out and sharpened to form a cutting edge 19. Itwill be seen from Figs. 7 and 8 that the hopper extends on one side outbeyond the cone and down almost or quite to the axis thereof, beinglonger upon that side than upon the other side, and the side wall isformed at the bottom with an inwardly extended or beveled portion 20,the lower edge 21 of which fits closely against the cutting cone.

In use the nuts or other articles are fed into the hopper and settleagainst the cutting cone on the side where the hopper is extended down,this being the side toward which the cone is rotated. When the cone isrevolved the nuts will be caught between the cutting cone and edge 21 ofthe downwardly extended side of the hopper, so that the revolvingcutting knives 19 will shave them. effectively in the shell. As theshavings are out they pass through the slits into the interior of thecutting cone, from which they will fall by gravity into any receptaclewhich may be placed beneath the mouth of the cone.

We claim as our invention:

1. In combination with a frame having a conical shell, a cutting conerotatably mounted within said shell, a squared lug integral with saidcone at the apex thereof, said squared lug being formed with a centralsquare hole, a sleeve at the apex of the shell, a sleeve arranged withinsaid first named sleeve, a headed bolt having a square shoulder, saidhead of the bolt engaging the cutting cone on the interior thereofadjacent the base of said squared lug thereof, said square shoulder ofthe bolt fitting within said square hole of the squared lug, said bolthaving its opposite end passed through said second named sleeve andhaving an operating handle secured thereto, and a washer surroundingsaid squared lug and arranged between said sleeve of the shell and theend of the cutting cone at the base of the squared lug.

2. In combination with a frame having I the squared lug, said bolthaving its opposite a conical shell, a cutting cone rotatably mountedwithin said shell, a squared lug integral with said cone at the apexthereof, said squared lug being formed with a central square hole, asleeve on the shell at the apex thereof, a headed bolt having a squareshoulder, said head of the bolt engaging the cutting cone on theinterior thereof adjacent the base of said lug, said square shoulder ofthe bolt fitting within said square hole of end passed through saidsleeve of the shell and having an operating handle secured thereto.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

MICHAEL J. MCFADDEN. CHARLES C. HIERS. WVitnesses:

ARTHUR P. Lo'rHRoP, HATTIE SMITH.

